CategoryMichael Drayton

Glastonbury

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O three times famous isle, where is that place that mightBe with thyself compared for glory and delight,Whilst Glastonbury stood? exalted to that pride,Whose monastery seemed all other to deride:O, who thy ruin sees, whom wonder doth not fillWith their great fathers’ pomp, devotion, and their skill?Thou more than mortal power (this judgment rightly weighed),Then present to assist, at that...